Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk district
American legislative district
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Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers portions of Suffolk county.[2] Democrat Nick Collins of South Boston has represented the district since 2018.[3]
Until 2013, the district's seat had "long been regarded as the 'Southie Seat,'...held by a white, Irish-American, South Boston man."[4]
Locales represented
The district includes parts of the city of Boston.[2][5]
Former locales
The district previously covered the following:
- Chelsea, circa 1860s[5]
- North Chelsea, circa 1860s[5]
- Winthrop, circa 1860s[5]
Senators
- Nehemiah Boynton, circa 1859 [6]
- Alfred Hall
- John Edward Beck
- Edward Cox
- John F. Donovan, circa 1935 [7]
- William R. Conley, circa 1945 [8]
- Andrew P. Quigley, 1951–1957
- Harold Wilson Canavan, circa 1957 [9]
- Joseph J. C. DiCarlo, circa 1969 [10]
- Bill Bulger, circa 1979-1993 [11][12][13]
- John A. Hart, Jr., circa 2002-2013 [14]
- Linda Dorcena. Forry, circa 2013-2018[15]
- Nick Collins, 2018-current[3]
- Lydia Edwards, 2018-current[3]
Images
- Portraits of legislators
- Alfred Hall
- John Edward Beck
- Edward Cox
- William Conley
- Andrew Patrick Quigley
- Harry Della Russo
- Linda Dorcena Forry
- Nick Collins
See also
- List of Massachusetts Senate elections
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
- Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ^ a b "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 15, 2020
- ^ a b c Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 1st Suffolk district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ^ "A Political Shift In The First Suffolk District", Wbur.org, May 8, 2013
- ^ a b c d Massachusetts General Court (October 16, 1866), "1866 Chap. 0120. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/100042 – via State Library of Massachusetts
- ^ General Court, Massachusetts (1859). Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston – via Google Books.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1957.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ^ "Linda Dorcena Forry MA Legislature".
External links
- Ballotpedia
- "First Suffolk District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- League of Women Voters of Boston
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Members of the Massachusetts Senate
193rd General Court (2023–present)
- President of the Senate
- Karen Spilka (D)
- President pro tempore
- Will Brownsberger (D)
- Majority Leader
- Cynthia Stone Creem (D)
- Minority Leader
- Bruce Tarr (R)
- ▌Paul Mark (D, Berk., Hpsh., Frnk., & Hpdn.)
- ▌Paul Feeney (D, Bris. & Norf.)
- ▌Michael Rodrigues (D, 1st Bris. & Plym.)
- ▌Mark Montigny (D, 2nd Bris. & Plym.)
- ▌Marc Pacheco (D, 3rd Bris. & Plym.)
- ▌Julian Cyr (D, Cape & Islands)
- ▌Pavel Payano (D, 1st Essex)
- ▌Joan Lovely (D, 2nd Essex)
- ▌Brendan Crighton (D, 3rd Essex)
- ▌Bruce Tarr (R, 1st Ess. & Mid.)
- ▌Barry Finegold (D, 2nd Ess. & Mid.)
- ▌Adam Gomez (D, Hampden)
- ▌John Velis (D, Hpdn. & Hpsh.)
- ▌Jacob Oliveira (D, Hpdn., Hpsh. & Wor.)
- ▌Jo Comerford (D, Hpsh., Frnk., & Wor.)
- ▌Edward J. Kennedy (D, 1st Mid.)
- ▌Patricia D. Jehlen (D, 2nd Mid.)
- ▌Michael J. Barrett (D, 3rd Mid.)
- ▌Cindy Friedman (D, 4th Mid.)
- ▌Jason Lewis (D, 5th Mid.)
- ▌Karen Spilka (D, Mid. & Norf.)
- ▌Sal DiDomenico (D, Mid. & Suff.)
- ▌Jamie Eldridge (D, Mid. & Wor.)
- ▌Cynthia Stone Creem (D, Norf. & Mid.)
- ▌John F. Keenan (D, Norf. & Plym.)
- ▌Walter Timilty (D, Norf., Plym. & Bris.)
- ▌Mike Rush (D, Norf. & Suff.)
- ▌Becca Rausch (D, Norf., Wor. & Mid.)
- ▌Susan Moran (D, Plym. & Barn.)
- ▌Patrick O'Connor (R, 1st Plym. & Norf.)
- ▌Michael Brady (D, 2nd Plym. & Norf.)
- ▌Nick Collins (D, 1st Suffolk)
- ▌Liz Miranda (D, 2nd Suffolk)
- ▌Lydia Edwards (D, 3rd Suffolk)
- ▌Will Brownsberger (D, Suff. & Mid.)
- ▌Robyn Kennedy (D, 1st Worcester)
- ▌Michael O. Moore (D, 2nd Worcester)
- ▌Ryan Fattman (R, Wor. & Hpdn.)
- ▌Peter Durant (R, Wor. & Hpsh.)
- ▌John Cronin (D, Wor. & Mid.)
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